Dual booting - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989

Is there any way to dual boot?
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Nope i wish think the s3 n nexus can do it

It's not technically dual booting, but you could make 2 or more nandroid backups exactly the way you want them and easily flash in recovery on boot up. Just a suggestion.
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I'm pretty sure...
I remember when I had my HD2 still working you could have a rom on the NAND and one that ran/bootable from the sd card, but those roms were specifically designed for that. I never tried it because I saw no need for it for myself. Perhaps this is what he was referring to.

Eks Dee Aye said:
I remember when I had my HD2 still working you could have a rom on the NAND and one that ran/bootable from the sd card, but those roms were specifically designed for that. I never tried it because I saw no need for it for myself. Perhaps this is what he was referring to.
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Yes exactly. Thank you. I was wondering if i could do something like that
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yppans said:
It's not technically dual booting, but you could make 2 or more nandroid backups exactly the way you want them and easily flash in recovery on boot up. Just a suggestion.
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Thank you for your response
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[Q] media scanner stuck at 65%

not moving at all..
Not even sure what this is but....
im not even going to say it.
Glad you got it figured out
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wj0t said:
not moving at all..
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Pull the battery and try again.
I have many many times!
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wj0t said:
I have many many times!
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We need more info. What roms/mods are you using? Have you tried transferring the data from the sd card to a pc, reformatting the sd card, then transferring it all back and putting it in the phone?
I haven't but I guess I will
Midnight 6 btw
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iSaint said:
Not even sure what this is but....
im not even going to say it.
Glad you got it figured out
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Not going to say what ISaint???? FIRST?
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JohnCorleone said:
Not going to say what ISaint???? FIRST?
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It was a completely different question, then I edited the title and also the op
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You may need to back up your memory card than reformat it than restore it again from your backup. I found than reformatting will fix most memory card issues.
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hugo87 said:
You may need to back up your memory card than reformat it than restore it again from your backup. I found than reformatting will fix most memory card issues.
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Unfortunately it takes a little time, this may be the answer to your problem
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Be patient. Sometimes it gets stuck for a while, but it eventually goes. I've had situations where I've had to wait 10 minutes. Now, that's only happened like twice but it does happen. Just give it time.
Also, did you just flash a ROM? Like, flash, reboot, and this happens? Because whenever you flash a ROM, the media scan takes forever.
If nothing really works, just try reflashing the ROM.
I formatted my sd and got rid of 5 of my 8 gb ._. Now I'm waiting for everything to get back on.
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wj0t said:
I formatted my sd and got rid of 5 of my 8 gb ._. Now I'm waiting for everything to get back on.
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Trust me this was the issue....just make sure you also only put back on what is needed....these card get corrupted very easily...good idea is to format every so often...i also delete all the bs before a flash....lost dir, android, etc...keeps my **** clean every time...
Nothing's ever happened to my Epic...and I've used up more than 13 GB.
flyers2114 said:
Trust me this was the issue....just make sure you also only put back on what is needed....these card get corrupted very easily...good idea is to format every so often...i also delete all the bs before a flash....lost dir, android, etc...keeps my **** clean every time...
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What is the lost.dir?
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wj0t said:
What is the lost.dir?
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Its where files go when they get corrupted.
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zanderman112 said:
Its where files go when they get corrupted.
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That explains the large size..
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I have everything done, but now it's stuck at 87%..
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wj0t said:
I have everything done, but now it's stuck at 87%..
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There is a bad read on there somewhere. Why do you only have an 8MB card? It came with a 16MB? You definitely need to back it up on a computer with a card reader, then go into CWM and reformat the card.

How to brick my Tmobile S2

Hi everyone
Is there a way to hard brick my S2?
For testing purpose. Would appreciate
Feel free to PM just as well if the topic is not good here
update: forgot to mention, I can't use any USB type of flashing. My USB is not working for some reasons. So anything from recovery or type in shell should do. thanks again
Well, had to do a double take to make sure I was reading this thread correctly :what: Easiest way is to flash a ROM not intended for our phone. If you read all the "Help, I bricked my phone " threads, they usually flashed one for the I9100 or SG3. Now, you don't plan to use this info for malicious reasons, right? :sly:
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gottijr, sure hope your "testing" is that you're coming up with some way to help us un-hard-brick a GS2 without a USB port...
The easy way is to pull it into water ... lol
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Honestly it sounds like something shady to me.
Either flash an att Rom or flash any pit file.
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VoiD_Dweller said:
Honestly it sounds like something shady to me.
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you think so?
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flashing a different Rom will brick it well?
Is there a way to flash stock and rest counter without usb access?
Thanks everyone at this point
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sylikc said:
gottijr, sure hope your "testing" is that you're coming up with some way to help us un-hard-brick a GS2 without a USB port...
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I can try but might not work
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What's funny about this is I accidentally flashed a international GS2 ROM and I thought it bricked I wiped and tried flashing another ROM to no avail only thing that worked is doing a darkside super wipe
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alen_gh said:
The easy way is to pull it into water ... lol
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Thats quite the permanent way...lol
blackangst said:
Either flash an att Rom or flash any pit file.
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I tried to flash an att and it does not brick
it's stupid!
I need a way to brick it well so the phone will not start
gottijr said:
I tried to flash an att and it does not brick
it's stupid!
I need a way to brick it well so the phone will not start
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Flash a nexus kernel
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gottijr said:
I tried to flash an att and it does not brick
it's stupid!
I need a way to brick it well so the phone will not start
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flashing anything but the skyrocket and hercules should do it
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Teo032 said:
flashing anything but the skyrocket and hercules should do it
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did not work
i did SIII and did not brick
seshaz said:
Flash a nexus kernel
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a specific nexus? the google nexus one?
right now it's a little bit messed up
what ever i flash back from S2 tmobile, is not working anymore
But phone still turns on, and boots, and get the top menu and turn off menu and reset
I need to make sure at this point I brick it right, can't end up getting stuck with it, with no USB
What do you mean stuck with it? Tried the international s2 yet?
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Flash an .pit file, that will brick it for sure, you can also flash a recovery not intended for the T989, that will not boot up for sure.
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gottijr said:
Hi everyone
Is there a way to hard brick my S2?
For testing purpose. Would appreciate
Feel free to PM just as well if the topic is not good here
update: forgot to mention, I can't use any USB type of flashing. My USB is not working for some reasons. So anything from recovery or type in shell should do. thanks again
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flash any kernel with a zimage to the phone and guaranteed it wont boot again....dead...did it so i know. A simple way is click on unitegrate rom in titanuim backup and it wipes out your phone did this on accident too and phone was dwad no boot .. no lights.. nothing.

Huge thanks

Almost added another brick to the wall. Thanks to wish and truth, I'm alive again. :thumbup:
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We need more details so others don't almost brick their phones.
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kkl0wn said:
We need more details so others don't almost brick their phones.
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He helped truth77 with the framwork-res while developing his ROM. Just passed his thread a moment ago and read it.
Thanks Dafoxs!
kkl0wn said:
We need more details so others don't almost brick their phones.
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Basically was doing a restore after a full wipe. I noticed the restore went allot faster then normal. I figured it was because the new twrp update speeded it up some how. I didn't get a failed message. Umm, no. It was a bad backup. I went to hit restore again and instead did a reboot. The phone was stuck on the Samsung white screen. With wish and truth helping, we got the phone into download mode and using Odin flashed the cwm recovery tar file. Then got the the phone into recovery and flashed a ROM I had on my card.
Moral of the story. If it doesn't seem right dont follow through with it and always keep a working ROM zip on your card. It was totally my fault.
Just noticed, that restore was only 506mb. I ran out of space.
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dayloooo said:
He helped truth77 with the framwork-res while developing his ROM. Just passed his thread a moment ago and read it.
Thanks Dafoxs!
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Had nothing to do with the port.
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Let me start be saying be very carefully using the new twrp. I have tons of space now. Just tried to do a backup. It finished in 0 seconds, no fail message. I think I know what I'm doing and that is broke.
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Wahooo..lol :sly:
I've had no problem with backups on mine. Matter of fact I've restored it once and it worked perfect.
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i have restored backups back to back to back using twrp and have had no issues, even just restoring data it works fine.
glad you got it back up and running though.
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i have restored backups back to back to back using twrp and have had no issues, even just restoring data it works fine.
glad you got it back up and running though.
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With the new version, just came out?
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Just so you all know. The latest TWRP is broke.
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What's the version number?
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slaydog said:
What's the version number?
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Its been fixed, no worries.
FYI. In the new version you have to choose what you want backed up. Make real sure you check the boxes in the name screen.
Full wipe + no check marks = a real bad day
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Att rom

Hey guys, while I'm having a great time flashing ROMs and trying to become a fast expert I wanted to ask a question. I want to keep the stock Att ROM on my device just if I need it reasons. Not sure where I can get it and I don't think I've seen it yet. Let me know if I need to be more clear on what I'm trying to do.
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Is this what you need?
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=8&view=8301
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yankeesfan714 said:
Is this what you need?
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=8&view=8301
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LOL I have no idea! Is this the stock Att note 2 ROM? If so there isn't a US one.
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enzosly said:
LOL I have no idea! Is this the stock Att note 2 ROM? If so there isn't a US one.
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What do you mean? Yes its AT&T and yes its usa thats the only place AT&T is
But here is a ODIN file to go back to 100% complete stock AT&T rom
http://filehostonline.com/xda/AT&T Note2/I317UCALJ2_I317ATTALJ2_ATT.zip
You know how to use Odin right?
OK and yes I do know odin but wouldn't using that unroot me?
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You didn't maybe a back up of the original before you started flashing ROMs?
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Hang in there, you'll figure it out...I had to go thru the same thing a while back, but sometimes the best way to learn is to just play around a bit.
Good Luck!
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Hang in there, you'll figure it out...I had to go thru the same thing a while back, but sometimes the best way to learn is to just play around a bit.
Good Luck!
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I have a bunch of backups now but when I started I was running out of space so I had to pick and choose what ROMs I backed up. When I discovered twarp it let me backup to my SD card so now I can do what I want. So yes I do back up but no after flashing for a few months I no longer have my stock back up
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enzosly said:
OK and yes I do know odin but wouldn't using that unroot me?
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Yess... you said you wanted AT&T rom... BUt it doesnt take 1 min to reroot....

Clockwork vs twrp

Hey so tell us what recovery you like and don't like and why?
I was using twrp but stopped because it screwed up my phone and was having problems flashing some Roms. I just don't think it does a clean wipe just works to fast..... So far clockwork cleans ,wipes more securely and have no problems flashing Roms...
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I see this thread getting out of hand and going south quickly. I'm gonna request a mod step in and make a bold suggestion to people on how to keep it clean and not go south. Also make a poll for the thread, makes it look better and more official..
I prefer TWRP, I've been on it since I got the S III (May of '12). I test roms for 3 devs on this phone, and never had an issue. I used to use CWM on previous phones and never had issues there either. I just prefer TWRPs UI.
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I should of posted this with the post I started...
The Rom that gave me problems with twrp was darthstalker but was able to flash with clockwork... Maybe it was something I did wrong.... Don't know.
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Both are great choice is yours.
As said all phone are not same so sometimes depends on your devices.
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My Galaxy S3 is the only phone I've ever rooted and CWM has never failed me. Never used TWRP but I'm happy with CWM.
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My Galaxy S3 is the only phone I've ever rooted and CWM has never failed me. Never used TWRP but I'm happy with CWM.
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I've used both and like both, settled on twrp mainly because I find it a little easier to use. CWM looks nicer IMO. I dont' think you can go wrong with either.
I prefer TWRP but with the 4.2+ ROMs I flashed that have the 0 file I have to use CWM.
I'm sure there's something I can do to fix this but I've tried via Google search and have only has luck with CWM. So here I am.
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Steve5400 said:
I prefer TWRP but with the 4.2+ ROMs I flashed that have the 0 file I have to use CWM.
I'm sure there's something I can do to fix this but I've tried via Google search and have only has luck with CWM. So here I am.
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I'm confused. Does cwm not give you the emulated /0 file structure?
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Cwm now has a new touch screen have you tried it yet?
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Yes. No clue what he's talking about.
I've not been able to find my recoveries in twrp whenever I flash an aosp ROM .
so I have to use cwm.
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I have used both, they both seem to work perfectly. I just prefer cwm
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I use twrp because you can name your back up files. That's probably the only reason I use it. It's UI is more friendly because of the buttons and I'm pretty sure you can theme it now, but I haven't tried that feature yet
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Steve5400 said:
I've not been able to find my recoveries in twrp whenever I flash an aosp ROM .
so I have to use cwm.
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You're making no sense what so ever.
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I'm using TWRP, I get several times fail when restore backup.
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miwanr said:
I'm using TWRP, I get several times fail when restore backup.
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Yes, that had happened to me multiple times as well, restoring of backups failing. For that reason I stick to CWM for now. Otherwise IMO TWRP is superior.
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Did you update twrp yo 2.5
? Maybe that will help you out
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Ive never had a backup fail on TWRP that's bad though considering it was backup. Did it work eventually?
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Did you update twrp yo 2.5
? Maybe that will help you out
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Yes, I have always been on the latest version.
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Ive never had a backup fail on TWRP that's bad though considering it was backup. Did it work eventually?
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I do not backup and restore very often, but twice I have made a backup and restored because I was testing a ROM...but both backups failed and left me to clean flash my ROM again.
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